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VenuWorks Names Gonyo as Vice President, Sales and Marketing VenuWorks President, Steve Peters, announced today that the company has hired Tricia Gonyo as the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Gonyo comes to VenuWorks after having worked for Ticketmaster for the past 17 years, most recently serving as a Sr. Client Development Director. “Tricia […]

Swiftel Center Wins The International 2015 Venue Excellence Award The Swiftel Center was awarded the 2015 Venue Excellence Award by the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) at the Venue Industry Awards Luncheon in Baltimore in late July. This award is the highest honor given by IAVM, the world’s largest professional association dedicated to the […]

Koolbeck named Executive Director of Iowa State Center Steve Peters, President of VenuWorks, announced today that Tammy Koolbeck, CFE will be the new Executive Director for the Iowa State Center. VenuWorks will assume management of the Center on August 1 and Koolbeck will assume her new position on August 10. “We are delighted to have […]

City of Davenport selects VenuWorks to Continue Management of the RiverCenter and Adler Theatre On Wednesday, July 8th, the City of Davenport City Council approved a new agreement with VenuWorks for the management and programming of the RiverCenter and Adler Theatre. Partners with the City of Davenport since 1998, VenuWorks will continue to operate the […]

Ames-based VenuWorks will assume management of Iowa State Center AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University has selected a new management company to oversee the Iowa State Center, which includes Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater and the Scheman Building. Iowa State will begin a five-year agreement with Ames-based VenuWorks Aug. 1. VenuWorks will manage all events, conferences, […]

VenuWorks names Gimenez as Vice President, Event Programming & Content VenuWorks President, Steve Peters, CFE announced the addition of John Gimenez as Vice President of Event Programming and Content. He will be relocating to Ames and begins his new position on July 6. Gimenez joins VenuWorks after working as an agent with The Agency Group, […]

With a heavy heart we share the new that we lost one of our employees over the weekend. Marcus Smith, who was part of our team at the Chesapeake Conference Center, passed away over the weekend in a motorcycle accident. The following is an email that Troy Thorn, the Executive Director for the Chesapeake Conference […]

Ames Company Backs Tony Winners on Broadway VenuWorks founder and president Steve Peters attended the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall Sunday night with his wife Randi hoping that the three Broadway shows the company backed this season would win their share of Tony Awards. You Can’t Take It with You, staring James Earl […]

HSP Director, Pollock Passes Carol Pollock, longtime venue director and IAVM member passed away unexpectedly on May 15 after suffering complications from pancreatic cancer. She was a trailblazer for women in the venue management industry with her career spanning over three decades. She served as Executive Director of Hoyt Sherman Place, a historic theatre in […]